July 31, 2007
Folger Responds
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Janet Folger has an addendum to her column that cited neo-Nazi "Dr E Fields". Full text of the addendum below the fold, along with a response:...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:29 AM • 16 Comments
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Jesus' General on Folger
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Jesus' General, the Stephen Colbert of the blogosphere, picked up on my response to Janet Folger and her citation of a neo-Nazi nutcase and has written Folger one of his famous letters. It begins: Unlike your detractors, I think you...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:23 AM • 3 Comments
Sandefur on Trask's Legal Nonsense
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After I got a copy of Stephen Trask's abominable article in the Chapman Law Review, I sent it along to my buddy Dan for his amusement. He replied and said, "I bet Sandefur is thermonuclear pissed." Yep, that about sums...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:16 AM • 12 Comments
More From Bruce Fein
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The more I see from Fein talking about the Bush administration, the more I like what I see. This guy is really pulling no punches at all. He was on with Bill Moyers (see transcript here) and really blistered the...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:09 AM • 26 Comments
An Outrageous Conviction
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Balko has the story at the Reason blog: Tampa's Mark O'Hara was released from prison this week. He was serving a 25-year sentence for possession of 58 Vicodin tablets. Prosecutors acknowledge he wasn't selling the drug. They acknowledge that he...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:02 AM • 23 Comments
July 30, 2007
Bizarre Legal Thinking on Evolution and Creationism
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I came across a reference to a law review note from last year in the Chapman Law Review. The note was by Stephen Trask, then a student at William Mitchell College of Law and, unsurprisingly, a graduate of Liberty University....
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:32 AM • 116 Comments
Volokh on the Fairness Doctrine
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Eugene Volokh has an excellent post about the impossibility of coherently crafting a fairness doctrine in this day and age. Imagine we have a basic rule saying that every media outlet, when it presents a perspective on a public issue,...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:23 AM • 16 Comments
Muslim Accommodation in San Diego Altered
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The school in San Diego, Carver Elementary, that has gotten so much controversy for trying to accommodate the religious practices of a group of 100 Muslim students that were dumped on them just before the start of the school year,...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:16 AM • 5 Comments
Dressing Like a Satanist in Court
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OMG, it's just like the Muslims! The Worldnutdaily has a silly article whining about a man charged with murder being allowed to dress like a satanist: Florida trial Judge Peter Adrien has ruled that a satanist on trial for allegedly...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:07 AM • 31 Comments
Terrible NYT Op-Ed on Court Stacking
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Jean Edward Smith has an absolutely ridiculous op-ed column in the New York Times about the makeup of the current Supreme Court. Smith actually wants the Democrats, if they win the White House in 2008, to expand the court in...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:01 AM • 10 Comments
July 29, 2007
Folger's Flunky Responds
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I sent a link to my post about Janet Folger's anti-gay lies to the contact email from her group, Faith2Action. I got a response from their communications director, Ross Conley. I think you'll find it as interesting as I do....
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:35 AM • 22 Comments
Youtube Gems: One Hit Wonders
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Okay, let's do some one hit wonders, some of my favorite songs from bands that were never heard from again. The first one is Not An Addict by K's Choice. I'll post both the actual video and a good live...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:26 AM • 13 Comments
ACLU on Expression of Anti-Gay Views in Schools
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Morrison v. Boyd Co. Board of Education is a very interesting case in many respects. It started a few years ago as a typical GSA case - the school refused to allow the formation of a Gay-Straight Alliance club, the...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:11 AM • 12 Comments
Rowe Debunks Another Christian Nation Myth
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Jon Rowe debunks yet another Christian Nation myth in this essay at Positive Liberty. The myth is that George Washington handed out copies of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut at the Constitutional Convention. Religious right apologist Peter Marshall, who may...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:01 AM • 1 Comments
July 28, 2007
Perfect Kos Response to O'Reilly
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Hunter at DailyKos has a perfect reply to Bill O'Reilly's ridiculous blathering about that site, comparing them to the Nazis and the KKK. I especially like this part: But now I am feeling guilty. After receiving as many as five...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:34 AM • 8 Comments
False Comparison of Military Deaths
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The latest conservative meme, which I keep hearing over the last few days, is that "military deaths" under Bush are pretty much in line with "military deaths" under Clinton. The implication, of course, is "oh my god, why does the...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:22 AM • 27 Comments
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